Collective Housing

"During the course of the 20th century, collective housing has often been synonymous with social housing, or with subsidized housing in general. It has thus primarily answered, during various historical periods, distinct requirements and conceptual aspects of the architectural project that corresponded each time to different investigation lines in design: from hygienic concerns and urban configurations, to experimentations focused on the unit and functional, financial and regulatory issues. In this sense, norms and regulations have long been evoked by architects as one of the most restrictive aspects of their work..."

From the introduction of my PhD thesis Recent Architectural Competitions for Collective Housing in Switzerland; Impact of This Framework on Architectural Conception and Innovation

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 2011